THE CARTERSVILLE EXCURSION

        After a very busy weekend, Heather and I had a appointment with a log cabin builder as we are interested in finding some property for a potential retirement location. The meeting went well but nothing caught our eye. After the meeting Heather and I decided to go find some letterboxes so we stop and got some lunch in Cartersville, Georgia and ate a a place call Jefferson's Pub and Grill. When we got to the truck after eating we noticed that there was a thing call Friendship Plaza directly in front of where we parked so we walked through the little area and found a monument that paid respects to the local first responders in the local community to thank them for all they do. It was a beautiful and tasteful monument to thank the guys that do so much but don't always get the respect they deserve. After we left the monument we decided to go to our first letter box which was located at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cartersville. Here we where trying to find 2 letter boxes the first one was named "The Good Shepard." The box was fairly easy to find but the stamp was very nice, the craving was very detailed and must have taken some time to crave. Once we found the first one we walked around to look at headstones and viewed some of the dates on the head stones around the box 

locations. Once we got back to the truck we started towards our second box of the day which was located at the highest point in the cemetery. We spent a few minutes trying to locate the location. Once we found that location we had really no trouble finding the box named "Saint George." This box was planted by the same person as the first box and the stamp was again very well done.  This cemetery is very well maintained and very historic. After we found the second box, we decided to find another box located at another cemetery in Cartersville. This cemetery was called "Friendship Cemetery," and was located about 3 miles from the other cemetery. Heather and I made the drive to this location and walked up a hill to this dated cemetery that was bought by the founder of this church back in the 1800's. This cemetery was developed to bury church members back in its inception. We made our way as we read the clues and had no real trouble finding the box named "Friendship Cemetery," but a awesome location. This box was planted by the same person that planted our previous two boxes, and once again a very well done stamp. On our way back to the truck we found the sign about the cemetery and stopped to read the sign. The coolest thing about this find is that the first service conducted by this church happened on February 26, 1843. How weird!! After this find, we made our way to what we hoped would be a relaxing walk to a box series named "I Started Early....I Took My Dog....." This was a park named Sam Smith Park located on the outskirts of Cartersville on our way home. This park was in fact exactly what we hoped it would be, quite and

peaceful. The series was cute, five stamps of different dogs going from smaller to largerer breeds. This series would be ideal for a family hunt, the boxes were hidden in good locations but virtually right off of the trail. In our opinion this was a well done series and the stamps were very well carved. Heather and I spent roughly 45 minutes completing the series on a very nice day in February. The high temperature today got to 70 degrees. It was great day to end the weekend, 8 boxes in one day. Thanks as always to my wonderful wife for making these letter boxing days amazing. I Love You!!!